Joint or coupling for railway-rails



` Patented Ja,n12. 1897;

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NiTED STATES f ARTHUR WILLIAM CLEMO OF ISI-IPEMING, MICHIGAN.

JOINT OR COUPLING FOR RAILWAY-RAILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 575,149, dated January 12, 1897.

Application filed. Tulle 15,1896. Serial No. 595,595. (No model.) Y

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that l, ARTHUR WILLIAM OLEMO, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Ishpeming, in the county of Marquette and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Joints or Couplings for Railway-Rails, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts wherever found throughout both the views.

This invention relates to coupling devices for railway-rails, and the object thereof is to provide an improved joint or coupling for rails of this class whereby the ends of the rails may be in proper relative position and whereby the expansion and retraction there-` of are provided for.

The invention is fully disclosed in the fol lowing specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in Which- Figure l is a plan view of my improved railway joint or coupling; and Fig. 2, a se@ tion thereof on the line 2 showing also a part of a railway-tie.

In the drawings forming part of this speciiication I have shown at 5 and 6 the adjacent ends of two railway-rails and at 7 an improved joint or coupling by which the ends of the rails 5 and 6 are connected, and in the practice of my invention I form the joint or coupling by means of a separate piece, as clearly shown in Fig. l, and the end of one of the rails is provided with an abrupt vertical and transverse shoulder, as shown at S, which extends about one-third of the way across the same and about onethird of the way across the longitudinal head or bearingsurface thereof, and at the inner side of which is an outwardly-directed vertical shoulder or projection 9, which is angular in crosssection, and from which the end of the rail is cut away backwardly and outwardly a predetermined distance to a point at l0, at which point a longitudinal inwardly-directed vertical cavity or recess is formed, at the outer side of which is formed an abrupt vertical transverse shoulder or projection 11, similar to that at 8 on the opposite side.

The end of the coupling-piece 7 adjacent to the rail 5 is formed so as to correspond therewith, said end being provided with a vertical notch or recess 12, into which the shoulder or projection 9 fits, and with a vertical shoulder or projection 13, which fits into the recess which is formed in the rail, and the opposite end of the coupling-piece 7 and the adjacent end of the rail 6 are similarly formed, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, said ends being shaped in a manner similar to that above de# scribed, and the arrangement being such that the ends of the rails and the ends of the coupling-piece 7 interlock, as clearly shown.

In Fig. 2 I have shown at 14 a part of a railway-tie and also a section of the rail 5 and the adjacent end of the coupling-piece 7, which shows how the rail and the coupling piece are vertically divided, and these coupling-pieces and the ends of the rail and the coupling-piece are bolted together in the usual manner, as shown at 15.

My improved coupling for railway-rails is designed to retain the ends of the rails in proper position at all times, while also providing means for allowing for the expansion and retraction thereof, and it will also be seen that by means of this coupling a perfectly even surface is obtained at the points where the rails are coupled, and there is no jolting or jarring produced as the wheels of a car pass thereover, it being a continuous rail practically.

This .device is simple in construction and operation and perfectly adapted to accomlplish the result for which it is intended, and

it is evidentthat changes in and modifications of the construction herein described may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The herein-described coupling for railwayrails, in combination with the adjacent ends of the rails, the ends of one of the rails having an abrupt vertical and transverse shoulder, and a vertical proj ect-ion 9, triangularin cross-section, the end of said rail being cut away to a point 10, at which point a vertical IOO cavity is formed, said cavity forming a shoulder or projection 1l, and the end of the coupling-piece 7 being formed to correspond With the formation of the rai1s,lhaving a vertical In testimony that I claimthe foregoing as notch or recess l2 to receive the shoulder 9, my invention Ihave signed my name, in pres- 1o said coupling having also a projection 13 to ence ofthe subscribing Witnesses, this 9th day enter the recess formed in the rail, the oppoof J une, 1896.

site side of the coupling having a similar for- ARTHUR VILLIAM CLEMO. mation, and the other rai1-section being of a Witnesses:

like construction tothe aforementioned sec- VILLIAM C. CLEMO,

tion, substantially as shown and described. CLEO XV. CLEMO. 

